| Instructor: | Bob Murphy |
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| Office: | LeConte 400H |
| Office Hours: | Mon. (9 AM - 10 AM), Tues. (4 PM - 5 PM), Thurs. (4 PM - 5 PM), or by appointment. |
| Phone: | 777-4713 |
| Email: | murphy |
| WWW: | This course has its own web page. You can find it at http://www.math.sc.edu/~murphy/teaching/ |
| Prerequisite: | Qualification through placement, or a grade of C or better in Math 111 or 115. |
| Text: | Applied Calculus by Hughes-Hallett, Gleason, Lock, Flath, et al. The Student Solution Manual and Student Study Guide are optional. |
| Calculator: | Each student is required to have a graphing calculator. My instructions will predominantly be for TI-83 which is the preferred calculator for this course. |
Overview: One of the main objectives of this course is for you to understand the basic concepts of calculus well enough to know when, how, and why to apply them in real-world situations and to be able to interpret and communicate the results. To achieve this goal will require practice at a variety of numerical, graphical, and algebraic methods.
The preface of the book provides additional detail and insight into the methods you will encounter in this course. Page xii is particularly well-written but the entire preface is worth reading.
Work Load: There will be daily reading and homework, 10 quizzes, 3 tests, and 1 cumulative final exam. You should expect to work at least 6-9 hours per week, outside of class.
Grading: No make-ups will be given for any quizzes or tests. Your two lowest quiz scores will be dropped. No test scores will be dropped, and the final exam score will not be dropped. If your final exam score, when scaled to be out of 100 points, is higher than one of your test scores, then the scaled final exam score will replace your lowest test score. This can only be done for one test. The final exam score itself cannot be replaced by any other score. The final exam will be cumulative.
| Quizzes: | 80 points | (these will be based on the daily homework assignments) |
| Test 1: | 100 points | (Friday, Feb. 15) |
| Test 2: | 100 points | (Friday, Mar. 22) |
| Test 3: | 100 points | (Wednesday, Apr. 24) |
| Cumulative Final Exam: | 120 points | (Saturday, May 4, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM, LeConte 412) |
| TOTAL: | 500 points | |
Attendance: You are expected to come to every class on time and stay until the end of class. Bonus points will be awarded based upon your attendance. You will get 6 points for 0-2 absences, 4 points for 3-4 absences, and 2 points for 5-6 absences.
Final Grade:
| A | 450 - 500 points |
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| B+ | 435 - 449 points |
| B | 400 - 434 points |
| C+ | 385 - 399 points |
| C | 350 - 384 points |
| D+ | 335 - 349 points |
| D | 300 - 334 points |
| F | 0 - 299 points |
Help is available: Working together on homework assignments is a great way to learn mathematics so I encourage this. You may also wish to use the Math Lab's free tutoring service. There are three locations: LeConte 101 Math Lab is open MTWTh from 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM. Towers Area Math Lab is open MTWTh from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Bates Area Math Lab is open MTWTh from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM.